Tacloban - D Z Romualdez Airport

Terminal Fee : Php 30

After my trip to Borongan, I had to pass-by Tacloban as my gateway to Cebu ... It was my first time in Tacloban ... Airport was not that far from the City ... had to take a tricycle (yup a tricycle!) and pay Php120 ...

Upon reaching the airport, had to wait a couple of hours for check-in ... Unfortunately, the waiting area is small and a bit hot ... I wanted to eat since it was lunch time already but there was no place to eat ... The security guards pointed me to the canteen which is quite a walk under the sun from the airport ... With a luggage it was inconvenient to walk all that way, I had no choice but to wait after check-in so that I could get some food inside the Pre-Departure lobby ...

What turned me off this airport :

• Cannot enter immediately the Pre-Departure Area after paying the Terminal Fee ... Was asked to wait because the police are still having their lunch ... there was a battalion of them! Cannot understand why they have to eat at the same time so that the passengers wouldn't be inconvenienced! ... I wanted to eat already as it was already 1:30pm but I had to wait until the police are done eating!

• Upon entering the Pre-Departure Area, there was no one in the mini-kiosk to serve the hungry passengers ... As it turned out, all 3 of them had to eat lunch at the same time! ... had to wait until almost 2pm to buy food! ... by this time, I was counting the hours to leave this airport and vowed to avoid using this airport as much as possible ...